REVIMA, a leading landing gear MRO established in the region of Normandy, France, has signed a non-exclusive 10 year overhaul service agreement with EMIRATES. The agreement is an all-inclusive “door to door” arrangement and covers the removal and installation, logistics, engineering support, and landing overhaul services for EMIRATES’s 777-300ER aircraft fleet.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC and Milestone Aviation Group, a global leader in helicopter leasing, signed a US$75m, 15-year agreement under which P&WC will offer its Flexible Turboshaft Engine Fleet Management program to Milestone customers. The agreement, signed at HAI Heli-Expo, will provide P&WC’s customized engine maintenance support to helicopter operators worldwide leasing through Milestone.
Ascent Aviation Services (Tucson AZ) has signed a contract for heavy maintenance on two B737-800 aircraft for Miami Air International. The ASCENT facilities located at Tucson International Airport consist of 23 acres of concrete ramp, over 34,000 ft² of hangar space along with 77,000 ft² of backshop and secured consignment space in an ideal desert
Astronics Corporation released that its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Luminescent Systems, has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide exterior lighting for the Boeing 737 MAX. Astronics will supply a full suite of products that provide the position, navigation and anti-collision lighting functions for the aircraft. The lights will utilize light emitting diodes (LEDs) to provide
Turbomeca (Safran) announces the conclusion of a major support contract with ADAC Luftfahrt Technik GmbH. A new ten-year Support By the Hour (SBH) contract covers 28 Arriel 2E engines powering fourteen EC 145T2 operated by ADAC Luftrettung GmbH. ADAC Luftfahrt Technik GmbH is located near Bonn, Germany and performs airframe and engine maintenance for operators
Israir Airlines, a successful provider of scheduled and chartered flights from Israel, is relying on the services of Lufthansa Technik within the framework of a Technical Operations Management (TOM) contract. The core elements of the contract are maintenance services, with a permanent establishment having been set up at Tel Aviv airport especially for this purpose.
GE Aviation and Bristow Group signed the first engine service agreement for the CT7-2E1 turboshaft engine powering the new, twin-engine AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter. This agreement expands the long standing GE – Bristow partnership by adding their new AW189 helicopters to Bristow’s global fleet of Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) service agreement maintained engines.
Airbus has decided to increase production of its best-selling single-aisle aircraft family to 46 a month in Q2 2016, up from the current rate 42. The new higher production rate will be achieved gradually, with an intermediate step at 44 aircraft per month in Q1 2016. Over the past five years, Airbus has steadily increased
After having been selected to develop, manufacture, qualify and certify the integrated air management system for the C919 single-aisle aircraft in 2010, Liebherr-Aerospace recently delivered the first bleed air system to Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC. The system, which consists of bleed valves, a pre-cooler, a heat exchanger, high-pressure ducting and corresponding pressure and temperature sensors
Aerostructures Assemblies Ind ia(AAI), has rolled out the first batch of A380 structural assemblies on 21st February, 2014 from their facility in Belgaum (India). The assemblies will be delivered to Saab, Linkoping (Sweden). Saab would in turn deliver the assemblies to Airbus, Filton (UK). These assemblies are part of the mid and outer leading edge
